Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
05/03/2012
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.
Already available on the ANVISA Report on Self Assessment for Hand Hygiene (HM). The paper presents the results for the Brazilian instrument developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The work is original and reveals important data about the health and safety routines performed by managers and professionals working in health facilities throughout Brazil.
Hand hygiene is the most important and inexpensive procedure to prevent transmission of infections related to health care. Among the results, some deserve special mention. The report shows, for example, that 70% of health care establishments (EAS) have unique budget for the continuous acquisition of products for hand hygiene. Most establishments - 75% - also has a system of regular audits to assess whether alcohol gel, soap, disposable towels and other necessary materials are available for washing hands.
With specific regard on the availability of alcohol gel, more than half of the units - 53% - said that the product was widely available in the institution, with regular supply at each point of care. The report also shows that 99% of services research participants have clean running water, 93% have soap at all sinks and 92% have disposable towels in all lavatories.
Of the 901 health facilities that responded to the questionnaire, 67% have one lavatory for every ten beds and a wash basin for each ICU. When it comes to the dissemination of handwashing practices, research indicates that most of the institutions that responded to the questionnaire - 70% - there is the presence of posters in hospital areas with explanations about the indications for hand hygiene.
Based on the responses, the team evaluates Anvisa still needed a great effort on the part of health care facilities in key areas. The research shows that 66% of them there is a system of observers to verify adherence to hygiene in the institution. The majority - 68% - also does not have specific budget for training and education on the subject.
Another problem found is that 77% of establishments in the health professional does not return data on adherence to hand hygiene. "It is important that feedback session to realize that professional practice is being monitored and thus have incentive to continue and improve hand hygiene," says the manager of Surveillance and Monitoring of Health Services Anvisa, Magda Costa.
Search
The research with the participation of 901 health services and was made through a form available on the website of ANVISA, with voluntary membership of health facilities. The form was available between 4 May and 31 December 2011, aiming to assess the situation of the hospital network in Brazil in relation to the promotion and practice of hand washing.
The large number of establishments in the survey is representative of the national situation on the subject. The text of the document entitled "Self Assessment Instrument for Hand Hygiene" was provided by ANVISA to the World Health Organization and translated into Portuguese by Paulo Association of Epidemiology and Infection Control Related to Health (APECIH).
Press / Anvisa
Source: ANVISA
Our news are taken in full of our partner sites. For this reason, we can not change the content of these up in case of typing errors.
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.